I got held up at gunpoint today.

Inbox · 07-01-2012 10:03PM

You deserve and award mr pharmacy worker.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 07-01-2012 10:07PM

stovelid wrote: »

Worked in a petrol station years ago and got held up at gunpoint. When the police had gone, the manager made me finish the shift and lock up by myself.

What a cunt.

andy3695 · 07-01-2012 10:08PM

lets think of this in a logical way. it was cold out today, he was wearing a scarf, probably a toy gun and he was dying with the flu. this can also make you very confused when your out of your warm bed. i'd say he got mixed up with his words and all he really wanted was uniflu tablets. just a thought.:rolleyes:

cocoshovel · 07-01-2012 10:11PM

If he had a gun in your face for something as pathetic as sleeping tablets then Id say it wasnt real. I would even go as far to say that most robbers just use realistic looking pellet guns. I had one myself. Big heavy metal one, looked like a real handgun.

But I suppose you can't take that chance as you just dont know if it is real or not. Maybe you should prepare and keep a stash of fake goods. Like boxes filled with dud tablets or laxatives or something

just incase it happens again, then you can dish those out to him.

ScumLord · 07-01-2012 10:12PM

bleg wrote: »

and while I was fiddling with it he ran off.

Nothing like inappropriate masturbation to scare people off.

Katgurl · 07-01-2012 10:12PM

What a total scumbag.

I'm really sorry to hear that OP. Many years ago I used work in Xtravision and there were a spate of hold-ups. Literally every few nights. The b@$yards still put us on shifts alone around the place telling us to do regular cash 'drops' obviously figuring the potential money stolen was cheaper. Luckily when my branch was held up it was my scheduled night off but the robber walked my colleague around the till with a knife to his neck. At the time I found the story kind of exciting / entertaining as he downplayed it quite a bit. I met him recently and we were catching up and he told me it was beyond horrific, he didn't admit it at the time but the terror was unimaginable. He said it passed over the next while and he was back to normal but don't understimate how cr@ppy the experience can be.

RachaelVO · 07-01-2012 10:12PM

Holy **** OP! I'd have had several shades of brown pooling grotesquely around me shoes!

Fair play to ya for keeping calm, and for wanting to go back in, not too sure I'd be that brave... what did the gardai say?

07-01-2012 10:13PM

watch out for any shock to kick in later OP
keep the option open of getting some counselling as well just in case!

anhedonia · 07-01-2012 10:13PM

surley he also stole all the opioid narcotic painkillers along with the benzodiazepines?

padd b1975 · 07-01-2012 10:14PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Nothing like inappropriate masturbation to scare people off.

Danger ****.

mickydoomsux · 07-01-2012 10:17PM

Should have given him cyanide capsules OP.

Thin the herd a bit.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 07-01-2012 10:19PM

Well done OP you handled it very well, no point in trying to be a hero for the sake of a few pills, hope the scumbag is apprehended and brought to justice.

RachaelVO · 07-01-2012 10:24PM

bluewolf wrote: »

watch out for any shock to kick in later OP
keep the option open of getting some counselling as well just in case!

+1

Once the adrenaline rush fades the shock could well kick in.

Mr. CooL ICE · 07-01-2012 10:25PM

Well done OP. You did the right thing. Not worth trying to be a superhero.

My own mother was working in a bank for two separate robberies (had gun pointed in face for just one of them). Although she did her best not to let it get to her, she still had the odd anxiety attack for a few years after the 2nd one.

bleg · 07-01-2012 10:27PM

Zen65 wrote: »

You did the right thing by remaining calm and handing over the drugs. I hope you can maintain this strong philosophical approach to dealing with the event, because anyone who has been through what you have experienced is likely to suffer some anxiety after the event, no matter how well you played the part on the day. You should not be embarrassed or afraid to seek some emotional counselling to deal with this.

Yea, I don't want to end up with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder so will be making arrangements on Monday.

Micky Dolenz · 07-01-2012 10:29PM

Yeah bleg, just to echo others. Keep an eye on how you feel and don't be afraid to get it off your chest with a pro.

What kinda junkie gets high on sleepy pills though? A dozy one I suppose :P

spurious · 07-01-2012 10:32PM

Getting very teary at what might seem to you an inappropriate time is entirely normal after a shock such as this or an accident.

Just watch out for men in cardigans asking you do you enjoy jokes.

Seriously though, you will have had a bad shock and your head will be full of what ifs over the next few days - be mindful of yourself.

bleg · 07-01-2012 10:33PM

anhedonia wrote: »

surley he also stole all the opioid narcotic painkillers along with the benzodiazepines?

He just shouted "Zimovane!" with a gun in my face. I wasn't going to argue.

Actually at the start I couldn't see the Zimovane but I saw Stilnoct... something similar so I said "Stilnoct are the same!! Will they do?!"

And I don't care if it was a toy gun or not, he got about €50 quids worth of stuff today. I'm not taking that chance with my life at 24 years of age.

WindSock · 07-01-2012 10:37PM

bleg wrote: »

He just shouted "Zimovane!" with a gun in my face. I wasn't going to argue.

Actually at the start I couldn't see the Zimovane but I saw Stilnoct... something similar so I said "Stilnoct are the same!! Will they do?!"

And I don't care if it was a toy gun or not, he got about €50 quids worth of stuff today. I'm not taking that chance with my life at 24 years of age.

Ah yeah there really is no point in trying to act a hero and save the store some cash, sure they are insured anyway. What's the point in taking such a risk for yourself. Handing over what is demanded when there is a gun (or anything else) in your face under calm is really the best course of action.

wandatowell · 07-01-2012 10:42PM

Jesus thats a nasty story.

bleg · 07-01-2012 10:43PM

Gardai were great actually. Loads of them called in and were all over the streets looking for the guy. They reckon they know who it was anyway.

ANAPOLIS · 07-01-2012 10:45PM

OP look on the bright side,you might probably get a wad of cash out of it for trauma. If this had happened in a bank,youd be looking at a 10k payout.

pebbles21 · 07-01-2012 10:49PM

bleg wrote: »

The girl I was working with was in the bathroom.

Hmmmmmmm..........

RichieC · 07-01-2012 10:50PM

He'll get his one of these days.

Caraville · 07-01-2012 10:50PM

OP can I just say how glad I am you reacted as you did- as someone else said, no point trying to act the hero with lunatics like that. What harm if they had even got away with thousands, you're worth more than that.